Birthday Celebration...BIG 24!!!

A few of my close friends and I went to The Cheesecake Factory to celebrate my birthday on Friday night. We had delicious food, good company and amazing cheesecake for dessert! My friends are so wonderful :)

Sun Flower Fun

Jacquelyn came to visit me for the weekend and we went for a walk Saturday afternoon to pick up paint at Wal-Mart. On our way back I saw this wall with all of the sun flowers growing in it and I knew we had to take some pictures... especially since Jacquelyn and I are so photogenic ;) We are a little photo happy!

What Running Does to Your Feet

These beautiful pictures of my feet were taken about a week after I had done a thirteen mile run down Big Cottonwood Canyon and had just finished a twelve mile run on Redwood Road. I had blisters under every toe nail and/or on top of each toe (two blisters on some toes). I think the blood blisters are the worst, which explains the black and purple toe nail. My roommate Caroline told me I should be proud of my feet because they were earned! I am not going to lie, these blisters did not come without sacrifices and I have experienced a lot of pain in my toes from these lovely blisters, but after I run my marathon I know it will be worth it. My marathon training will continue through the last day of September and then I will be running the St. George Marathon on October 2nd. I'm gonna kill it... I'm also the optimism queen :)